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The perpetrators have not been identified and national police are leading the investigation. ProRail said its priority was to get trains running again, while preserving evidence as far as possible. Annet Bertram, the secretary of state for infrastructure and water management, called the alleged sabotage “particularly worrying,” adding that “it is now important that this is investigated very carefully.” The incident happened on Prinsjesdag, the annual day marking the start of the Dutch parliamentary year, when the government presents its budget plans for the year ahead. This is not the first time the Dutch rail network has been severely disrupted…
Published on 15/09/2026 – 12:08 GMT+2 Rail travel across large parts of the Netherlands ground to a halt on Tuesday after authorities discovered tubes tied to tracks at roughly 20 locations, in what officials are treating as coordinated sabotage. Rail infrastructure operator ProRail said deliberately placed objects had triggered widespread track-circuit failures. “Materials were found at multiple locations on the track that were deliberately placed there,” said ProRail in a statement. “This causes section malfunctions. Sabotage appears to be involved,” added the operator. The devices caused signalling systems to read affected sections as occupied, halting all trains through them regardless…
Published on 15/09/2026 – 11:16 GMT+2 The United Nations has called on Israel to grant international investigators access to every part of Gaza, as the recovery of human remains from the territory’s ruins continues nearly three years after the war began. The UN’s human rights office said gathering evidence at destroyed sites was essential, urging that “international investigators be allowed into all parts of Gaza to assist with evidence-gathering.” Most of the dead being recovered are reported to be women and children, a detail the UN says points to the likelihood that war crimes were committed during the campaign. “The…
In March 2012 the Greek state had to pay a market yield of close to 40% on its outstanding ten-year bonds, effectively shutting it out of normal market borrowing. Even at that price, it found few takers. That same month, France raised ten-year money at under 3%. Fourteen years later the two have swapped places. France’s 10-year yield, the rate Paris pays to borrow for a decade, is trading near 4.50%. Athens pays about 4.28%. Investors are now demanding more interest to lend money to Paris than to Athens. The gap is small. What it says is not. Greece still…
The furious debate over artificial intelligence has hardened into warring camps, with a cautious middle caught between them. Here is a look at the battle lines in the war over a technology that is now the backbone of the economy and could decide the future of the planet. Both terms grew out of online AI debates on X and internet forums rather than formal usage, borrowing the slang habit of tech and crypto communities that coin shorthand for opposing camps. ‘Doomer’ describes those forecasting catastrophe, while ‘booster,’ sometimes used interchangeably with ‘accelerationist,’ describes those pushing for AI’s rapid, unrestrained development.…
By Tokunbo Salako with AP Published on 15/09/2026 – 10:23 GMT+2 Welshman Matthew Rhys has set a new standard at the Emmy Awards by winning top honours in three categories as Widow’s Bay swept the night taking a single-season record for comedy with 14 wins. Along with best actor in a comedy for Widow’s Bay, Rhys won best actor in a limited series for The Beast in Me, becoming the first man to win two leading actor categories in the same year. Rhys also took home a trophy as an executive producer for Widow’s Bay. “The celebrations will be long, varied, and I…
While 72% of global goods trade still takes place under the WTO’s most-favored-nation tariff terms, according to the report, that number stood at 80% two years ago, signaling a system under strain. “The WTO remains an important force shaping world trade, but the economy it governs is now far more integrated, digital, multipolar, and complex than the one its rules were designed for, and the stakes of reform are high,” he said. According to the report, there are four structural developments putting pressure on the global trading system: the changing distribution of economic power, the growing role of state intervention,…
Published on 15/09/2026 – 12:14 GMT+2 The drone shot down by NATO over Lithuania overnight on Tuesday had entered the country’s airspace from neighbouring Belarus, Vilnius said. The drone flew over Lentvaris close to the Lithuanian capital before being brought down near the village of Pratkūnai, according to Vilmantas Vitkauskas, head of Lithuania’s National Crisis Management Centre. It was the first time a drone was shot down over Lithuanian territory. The incident puts Minsk back in focus not only for helping Russia carry out drone attacks against Ukraine, but now also as a source of drone threats to NATO territory.…
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The bill that would finally tell American crypto companies which regulator governs them is moving again. Republican senators released what they called the final text over the weekend, containing a revised ethics package that US President Donald Trump has agreed to after months of deadlock. The CLARITY Act, formally the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, would divide supervision of digital assets between the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission, replacing a fragmented system in which classification has largely been settled through enforcement actions and litigation. The House passed its version in July 2025 by 294…